We looked at example resumes and evaluated them for
1) What stands out as strengths of the person and/or the resume? What makes you want to learn more about the person?
2) What stands out as a weakness? What makes you lose interest in the person?
3) What job(s) do you think this person is a good candidate for? Why?
We then looked at a way to improve a resume: Have each entry begin with what you actually DID or PRODUCED for the organization, company, or clients. The results you produced should get front billing. Here are some examples: Further advice, from www.quintcareers.com: When possible, list accomplishments that are specific and measurable. Quantify whenever possible. In other words, if you have specific numbers, use them. Example- Increased sales by 50% from previous year. Also, if you can honestly use superlatives like “first,” “largest,” “most,” “only,” etc., use them. Example- Decreased overhead costs by 20% through implementation of first warehouse inventory database.
Share with me a document titled 11 NAME resume draft 2017. If you already have a draft resume, include it. If not, make a list on which you brainstorms lists of
Monday, May 15
Send me an email called 11 NAME CCP internship wish list
with a list of where or with whom you would like to do a one-day internship. This can be names of specific people (Jake Jacobs) and places (Pura Vida Ride) or of general careers ideas (doctor, architect).
stress relief schedule
Jan. 16 Chris and Jade
Jan. 23 Mel
Jan. 30
Feb. 6 Joustinne
Feb. 20 Randy
Feb. 27 Paquette
Mar. 6 Sofia
Mar. 13 Christine
Mar. 20 Toño
Today we prepared our presentations for morning meeting tomorrow about our stress relief activities.
Then we rotated through the following stations.
A. Individual conferences with Ms. Amy
B. Write a draft of an email that could be sent to community members asking them to offer one-day internships.
C. Brainstorm ways in which we could recruit more people to be part of the Resource Database.
D. study hall :-)
Today's Connections Prompt In your Google doc titled 11 NAME CCP Connections, copy and paste this quote
“Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.” -Stephen King
Write a response in which you consider these words in the context of your life and your thoughts about your future.
Stress Relief: Sofia
Class Activity--"Think of 5" stations
Today's Connections Prompt In your Google doc titled 11 NAME CCP Connections, copy and paste this quote
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” -Mark Twain Write a response in which you consider these words in the context of your life and your thoughts about your future.
Stress Relief: Toño and Randy
Class Activities: Think of 5 adults who would be willing to be included in the database that Chris is working on. Work on Experiment in International Living Application or meet with Ms. Amy. If you are planning to apply to a 4-year school in the United States, you should start preparing now for the SAT or the ACT. __This article__ provides information to help determine which to take. Click __here__ for free online SAT prep through Khan Academy. Click __here__ for information about ACT prep options.
November 6
Today's Connections Prompt In your Google doc titled 11 NAME CCP Connections, copy one of the quotes from the colored posters on the wall behind where Jade is sitting. Write a response in which you consider these words in the context of your life and your thoughts about your future.
Stress Relief: Frida and Victoria
Class Activity: Work on Experiment in International Living Application OR continue drawing Or continue timeline OR meet with Ms. Amy
October 31
Today's Connections Prompt In your Google doc titled 11 NAME CCP Connections, copy and paste this quote. “If you hear a voice within you saying, ‘You are not a painter,’ then by all means paint, boy, and that voice will be silenced.”~ Vincent van Gogh Write a response in which you consider these words in the context of your life and your thoughts about your future.
Stress Relief: Manuel and Thomas
Class Activity: Contine the draw your future activity.
October 24
Today's Connections Prompt In your Google doc titled 11 NAME CCP Connections, copy and paste this quote.
“If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform a million realities.”
-Maya Angelou
Write a response in which you consider these words in the context of your life and your thoughts about your future.
Stress Relief: Joustinne
Class Activity: Draw your future.
October 17 No class.
October 10
Today's Connections Prompt In your Google doc titled 11 NAME CCP Connections, copy and paste these two quotes about organization.
"For every minute spent organizing, an hour is earned." -Benjamin Franklin
"Being organized is being in control."
Write a response in which you consider these words in the context of your life and your thoughts about your future.
Assignment: Make at least 3 SMART goals for yourself for this year. Explain the time frame for each goal and how each goal will be measured. Do this on a Google doc titled 11 NAME smart goals and share it with me. I will either approve your list or meet with you to revise it.
September 26 Today's Connections Prompt In your Google doc titled 11 NAME CCP Connections, copy and paste this quote. Write a response in which you consider his words in the context of your life and your thoughts about your future.
September 19 Today's Connections Prompt In your Google doc titled 10 NAME CCP Connections, copy and paste this quote by Austrian poem Rainer Maria Rilke. Write a response in which you consider his words in the context of your life and your thoughts about your future. “Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.” ― Rainer Maria Rilke
Sofia,Frida and Victoria: Create a timeline and requirements lists for schools in Spain.
Jade: Investigate law schools in France and England.
Sept 12 Today's Connections Prompt Respond to this quote and connect it to your current thoughts about your post-La Paz life. “I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.” ― Albert Schweitzer
We will discuss the plan for the trimester.
We will look at the CAS project planning doc.
We will discuss our TED talks.
Class Structure for the trimester
10 min Connections Activity
15 min Stress Relief Activity
55 min conferences and independent work time
Stress Relief Activity Schedule On your assigned day, you will prepare a 15 minute stress relief activity that you will facilitate with the class. You must be able to explain why/how this activity reduces stress. It must be appropriate for school (duh) and you must inform us ahead of time if you need us to wear certain clothing or bring materials. The week before your week, you must email Ms. Amy your plan. Here is the schedule.
Sept 19 Mel--Musical chairs and eagle breaths Sept 26 Marco Oct 3 Joustinne Oct 10 Christine Oct 17 NO SCHOOL Oct 24 Manuel and Thomas Nov 31 Frida and Victoria Nov 7 Toño and Randy Nov 14 Sofia and Joustinne Nov 21 Hugo and Santi Nov 28 Chris and Jade
Sept 5
Our first class!
All classes will begin with a ten minute writing period based on a Connections Prompt that I will provide you.
The first prompt was on the Google doc called 11 NAME CCP Connections that I shared with you. Subsequent prompts will be on the wiki and you can cut and paste them into the document at the beginning of each class.
We did the 4 corners exercise to determine what post-La Paz plans are most likely for us, in order to focus our work together this year. Students grouped themselves by their interest level in the following plans.
1. Studying in the United States
2. Studying in Europe.
3. Attending a Costa Rican public university
4. Attending a Costa Rican private university
5. Taking a gap year between La Paz and university to travel or work
6. Start working right away after graduating La Paz
We then talked about stress and placed ourselves on the stress continuum for the following concerns.
1. Deciding what you will do after you graduate from La Paz
2. Deciding what you will do for a job or career in the future
3. Completing the applications for university
4. Paying for university
5. Finding ways to balance all elements of life
6. Doing well enough on the exams to earn the IB diploma
7. Meeting expectations in one particular class, most stressed
asnodgrass@lapazschool.org
Monday, May 22
We looked at example resumes and evaluated them for
1) What stands out as strengths of the person and/or the resume? What makes you want to learn more about the person?
2) What stands out as a weakness? What makes you lose interest in the person?
3) What job(s) do you think this person is a good candidate for? Why?
We then looked at a way to improve a resume:
Have each entry begin with what you actually DID or PRODUCED for the organization, company, or clients. The results you produced should get front billing. Here are some examples:
Further advice, from www.quintcareers.com:
When possible, list accomplishments that are specific and measurable. Quantify whenever possible. In other words, if you have specific numbers, use them. Example- Increased sales by 50% from previous year. Also, if you can honestly use superlatives like “first,” “largest,” “most,” “only,” etc., use them. Example- Decreased overhead costs by 20% through implementation of first warehouse inventory database.
Share with me a document titled 11 NAME resume draft 2017. If you already have a draft resume, include it. If not, make a list on which you brainstorms lists of
Monday, May 15
Send me an email called
11 NAME CCP internship wish list
with a list of where or with whom you would like to do a one-day internship. This can be names of specific people (Jake Jacobs) and places (Pura Vida Ride) or of general careers ideas (doctor, architect).
Bianca
bjavogue@gmail.com
stress relief schedule
Jan. 16 Chris and Jade
Jan. 23 Mel
Jan. 30
Feb. 6 Joustinne
Feb. 20 Randy
Feb. 27 Paquette
Mar. 6 Sofia
Mar. 13 Christine
Mar. 20 Toño
Today we prepared our presentations for morning meeting tomorrow about our stress relief activities.
Then we rotated through the following stations.
A. Individual conferences with Ms. Amy
B. Write a draft of an email that could be sent to community members asking them to offer one-day internships.
C. Brainstorm ways in which we could recruit more people to be part of the Resource Database.
D. study hall :-)
http://www.experiment.org/pn/programs/experiment-leadership-institute/
Nov 28 Hugo and Santi
the second class of second trimester: Chris and Jade
Today's Connections Prompt
In your Google doc titled 11 NAME CCP Connections, copy and paste this quote
“Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.” -Stephen King
Write a response in which you consider these words in the context of your life and your thoughts about your future.
Stress Relief: Sofia
Class Activity--"Think of 5" stations
Today's Connections Prompt
In your Google doc titled 11 NAME CCP Connections, copy and paste this quote
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” -Mark Twain
Write a response in which you consider these words in the context of your life and your thoughts about your future.
Stress Relief: Toño and Randy
Class Activities:
Think of 5 adults who would be willing to be included in the database that Chris is working on.
Work on Experiment in International Living Application or meet with Ms. Amy.
If you are planning to apply to a 4-year school in the United States, you should start preparing now for the SAT or the ACT. __This article__ provides information to help determine which to take. Click __here__ for free online SAT prep through Khan Academy. Click __here__ for information about ACT prep options.
November 6
Today's Connections Prompt
In your Google doc titled 11 NAME CCP Connections, copy one of the quotes from the colored posters on the wall behind where Jade is sitting. Write a response in which you consider these words in the context of your life and your thoughts about your future.
Stress Relief: Frida and Victoria
Class Activity: Work on Experiment in International Living Application OR continue drawing Or continue timeline OR meet with Ms. Amy
October 31
Today's Connections Prompt
In your Google doc titled 11 NAME CCP Connections, copy and paste this quote.
“If you hear a voice within you saying, ‘You are not a painter,’ then by all means paint, boy, and that voice will be silenced.”~ Vincent van Gogh
Write a response in which you consider these words in the context of your life and your thoughts about your future.
Stress Relief: Manuel and Thomas
Class Activity: Contine the draw your future activity.
October 24
Today's Connections Prompt
In your Google doc titled 11 NAME CCP Connections, copy and paste this quote.
“If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform a million realities.”
-Maya AngelouWrite a response in which you consider these words in the context of your life and your thoughts about your future.
Stress Relief: Joustinne
Class Activity: Draw your future.
October 17 No class.
October 10
Today's Connections Prompt
In your Google doc titled 11 NAME CCP Connections, copy and paste these two quotes about organization.
"For every minute spent organizing, an hour is earned." -Benjamin Franklin
"Being organized is being in control."
Write a response in which you consider these words in the context of your life and your thoughts about your future.
https://video.byui.edu/media/SMART+Goals/0_g98zs8ca
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSFoywS7Mt4
Assignment: Make at least 3 SMART goals for yourself for this year. Explain the time frame for each goal and how each goal will be measured. Do this on a Google doc titled 11 NAME smart goals and share it with me. I will either approve your list or meet with you to revise it.
Then watch this
http://brendonburchard.tumblr.com/post/91533776213/how-not-to-set-goals
and write at least 1 DUMB goal for yourself.
Interesting blog post about having a minor in college in addition to your major.
http://blogs.wsj.com/experts/2016/10/02/why-every-undergraduate-should-pursue-a-minor/
October 3
Today's Connections Prompt
In your Google doc titled 11 NAME CCP Connections, copy and paste this quote.
“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” -Vincent Van Gogh
Write a response in which you consider his words in the context of your life and your thoughts about your future.
Today we will think about using July-Aug to learn about life on campus!
http://www.fastweb.com/college-search/articles/summer-programs-for-high-school-students
http://www.cushing.org/page/Summer
http://www.aisne.org/summer-programs.html?summer_search=&state=&type=Academic&resday=Residential&gender=
September 26
Today's Connections Prompt
In your Google doc titled 11 NAME CCP Connections, copy and paste this quote.
Write a response in which you consider his words in the context of your life and your thoughts about your future.
No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now. -Alan Watts
September 19
Today's Connections Prompt
In your Google doc titled 10 NAME CCP Connections, copy and paste this quote by Austrian poem Rainer Maria Rilke. Write a response in which you consider his words in the context of your life and your thoughts about your future.
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.” ― Rainer Maria Rilke
US schools: Community Colleges vs. Four Year Colleges
http://www.collegeview.com/articles/article/two-year-vs-four-year-colleges-which-one-is-right-for-you
http://www.usnews.com/education/community-colleges/articles/2015/08/26/4-ways-community-college-life-differs-from-the-4-year-college-experience
http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/college-admissions-playbook/2015/06/15/3-students-who-can-benefit-from-the-community-college-transfer-path
http://www.educationcorner.com/most-affordable-colleges.html
Review these articles. Write me an email with the subject line 11 NAME Community College vs. Four Year School. In the text of the email, write your answer to this prompt: After reviewing the pros and cons of each type of school, which would be best for you? Explain why.
If you are not interested in US Schools, but are interested in Costa Rican public universities, you can start or continue with online test prep.
https://sites.google.com/site/admisioncr/
http://www.paa.iip.ucr.ac.cr/?q=node/9
Thomas, you can create your timeline and requirements list.
https://www.concordia.ca/admissions/undergraduate.html
Sofia,Frida and Victoria: Create a timeline and requirements lists for schools in Spain.
Jade: Investigate law schools in France and England.
Sept 12
Today's Connections Prompt
Respond to this quote and connect it to your current thoughts about your post-La Paz life.
“I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.”
― Albert Schweitzer
We will discuss the plan for the trimester.
We will look at the CAS project planning doc.
We will discuss our TED talks.
Class Structure for the trimester
10 min Connections Activity
15 min Stress Relief Activity
55 min conferences and independent work time
Stress Relief Activity Schedule
On your assigned day, you will prepare a 15 minute stress relief activity that you will facilitate with the class. You must be able to explain why/how this activity reduces stress. It must be appropriate for school (duh) and you must inform us ahead of time if you need us to wear certain clothing or bring materials. The week before your week, you must email Ms. Amy your plan. Here is the schedule.
Sept 19 Mel--Musical chairs and eagle breaths
Sept 26 Marco
Oct 3 Joustinne
Oct 10 Christine
Oct 17 NO SCHOOL
Oct 24 Manuel and Thomas
Nov 31 Frida and Victoria
Nov 7 Toño and Randy
Nov 14 Sofia and Joustinne
Nov 21 Hugo and Santi
Nov 28 Chris and Jade
Sept 5
Our first class!
All classes will begin with a ten minute writing period based on a Connections Prompt that I will provide you.
The first prompt was on the Google doc called 11 NAME CCP Connections that I shared with you. Subsequent prompts will be on the wiki and you can cut and paste them into the document at the beginning of each class.
We did the 4 corners exercise to determine what post-La Paz plans are most likely for us, in order to focus our work together this year. Students grouped themselves by their interest level in the following plans.
1. Studying in the United States
2. Studying in Europe.
3. Attending a Costa Rican public university
4. Attending a Costa Rican private university
5. Taking a gap year between La Paz and university to travel or work
6. Start working right away after graduating La Paz
We then talked about stress and placed ourselves on the stress continuum for the following concerns.
1. Deciding what you will do after you graduate from La Paz
2. Deciding what you will do for a job or career in the future
3. Completing the applications for university
4. Paying for university
5. Finding ways to balance all elements of life
6. Doing well enough on the exams to earn the IB diploma
7. Meeting expectations in one particular class, most stressed